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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What price is extracted from Henry for his meals at the Cronstadts?
(a) Reading from his manuscript
(b) Cleaning the toilets
(c) Carbons and babysitting
(d) Translating letters

2. How does Moldorf view Sylvester?
(a) As a pitiful human being
(b) As a god
(c) As an inept writer
(d) As a great artist

3. How does Henry picture Serge's lazy slut of a wife?
(a) As an intelligent, hard working American woman.
(b) As an emaciated American woman with no ambition.
(c) As a would-be writer with no talent.
(d) As a fat American lying on the sofa eating bon bons.

4. Why can Henry not go to the cinema or into the opium joint?
(a) He can't afford to be seen there.
(b) He is short a few sous.
(c) He has been banned from both places.
(d) He needs to save the money to buy breakfast.

5. What makes Henry feel ill when he opens the door of the commune?
(a) The smell of disinfectants
(b) The smell of cooking with rancid butter
(c) The body odor of the Russians
(d) The stale smoke in the room

6. What is Henry's paranoia at Sylvester's house?
(a) He thinks they are planning to send him back to America.
(b) He thinks they are going to ask for rent.
(c) He thinks they are going to steal his book ideas.
(d) He thinks they are trying to get rid of him.

7. How does Henry say Moldorf hears his own voice?
(a) He hears a roar while others hear a squeak.
(b) He hears the whisper of the breeze.
(c) He hears the pounding of the suft.
(d) He hears the monotone of the telegraph lines.

8. How does Henry describe Elsa's piano playing?
(a) Like divine music
(b) Like an out of tune organ
(c) Like wind howling through the trees
(d) Like broken pots and skulls clanking

9. What is the title that Henry wishes he had thought of?
(a) The Red Shoes
(b) A Man Cut in Slices
(c) Man and Superman
(d) The Sun Also Rises

10. What does Marlowe want Henry and Carl to do during his absence?
(a) Write his reviews for the newspaper
(b) Stay away from his wife
(c) Pay his bar bills
(d) Send him money

11. In Henry's fantasy about Fanny, what is happening to her?
(a) She is melting.
(b) She is blowing up li9ke a balloon.
(c) She is crying hysterically.
(d) Something is tickling her.

12. What does Carl say makes him want to go to Arizona?
(a) It is a place where there is lots of space.
(b) It is a place where they look you square in the eye.
(c) It is a place where he can find quiet to write.
(d) It is a good place for his allergies.

13. Why is Serge happy to meet Henry?
(a) He wants to meet Germaine.
(b) He needs a guide around Paris.
(c) He has read Henry's articles.
(d) He wants an English teacher.

14. What author does Henry discover that cheers him?
(a) Goethe
(b) Benedetto Croce
(c) Immanuel Kant
(d) Papini

15. What does Henry resist taking from the Cronstadt baby?
(a) A glass of milk
(b) A Teddy bear
(c) A pacifier
(d) A chicken bone

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry's metaphor for his artistic suffering?

2. In spite of Marlowe's assurances, what do Carl and Henry know he will not do?

3. Where are the people from who are coming to view the Villa Borghese apartment?

4. How does Henry say he knows Nanantatee?

5. Why is Boris intimidated by his wife?

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